Chapter 58 Diplomatic Disputes
This time, Emperor Hongzhi summoned Mongolian envoys, not for formal reception. In fact, Emperor Hongzhi had already received them before this.
The purpose of Emperor Hongzhi summoning Mongolian envoys was to question the other party why he wanted to deceive him with fake scriptures, which was a diplomatic note.
Diplomacy is nothing small, but in the past, the Ming Dynasty regarded itself as the country of ****, and the envoys from other countries came, all of them were "coming to the court". The court held the mentality of the superiors from top to bottom. Mongolia did not have a reciprocal negotiating relationship in diplomacy.
However, in the rewards to these foreign countries, the court never stings. On the one hand, it regards itself as a great country, fearing that the gifts will be criticized as shabby if they are given; on the other hand, it wants to use silver to open the way in exchange for stability in the border.
There were five Mongolian envoys who entered the palace this time, three envoys and two foreign monks. The envoy who led the lead was Yisimayin, which is said to be the national teacher of the Dayan tribe. There were two people beside him, one named Wulicha and the other named Huo Ling.
Yi Sima Yin and Wu Licha had a burly figure and an ordinary appearance, and they were a product that could not be found if thrown into the crowd. Only the fire silk has a smooth forehead, snow-white skin, eyebrows like spring mountains, eyes are scattered, and under the delicate and straight nose, are plump and beautifully curved lips... it turned out to be a boy and a girl.
This person is petite, but dressed in thick clothes, exuding a faint smell of sheep. In addition, the grassland people are not particular about the roughness, Shen Xi feels that even a woman has a good appearance, but she should not be close to her.
Xie Qian and Xu Qiong were in charge of this note. When these people came, Yi Sima Yin did not speak. Instead, Wu Licha stepped forward and asked in a low-key Chinese with his voice: "Why did you say you can give me gold, silver, silk, and silk? Why did you people in the Central Plains go back on your word? Are you not loyal to the people like this?"
The two Secretariats of the Central Secretariat look at me and I look at you. Obviously, they don’t need to translate it at this time.
Xu Qiong's face was not very good, but Xie Qian smiled and said, "What's going on? Please ask Your Majesty yourself."
"What your Majesty, isn't it your great khan? I didn't allow me to wait for my sword when I entered the palace. I thought I would never remove my sword when I met Batumonkdayan Khan on the grassland!"
Wulicha seemed extremely arrogant. Martial power was the most respected on the grassland, so what kind of etiquette was concerned about? The elegance of officials of the Central Plains dynasty was useless in the Mongolian desert.
However, Yi Sima Yin looked calm and stood proudly, and was too lazy to glance at Xie Qian at the squint.
Since Emperor Hongzhi did not come for the time being, everyone had to wait outside the palace. In fact, there were not many people. In addition to Xie Qian and Xu Qiong, there were six ministers and several accompanying ministers from the Honglu Temple, who were just following him to Zhuangzhuan. These people might not be able to speak later.
After not seeing anyone for a while, Xie Qian asked the little eunuch at the palace gate, "Where is Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty is going to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager..."
Zhu You's biological mother died early, but his biological grandmother Zhou was still alive. Zhou was the concubine of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, but the biological mother of Emperor Xianzong. He lived in Qingning Palace in the palace and did not usually care about the government affairs, but Zhu You's occasionally wanted to bring the queen to pay tribute to show his filial piety.
Shen Xi saw that Emperor Hongzhi was deliberately banning Mongolian envoys. You used fake scriptures to deceive me, and wanted me to give you rewards like a fool. Now I am unhappy. So what if you let you wait for a while?
It is natural for court officials to be like emperors, but these foreign envoys were not so patient, especially Wulicha, who kept yelling there that if ordinary court officials dared to make noise in the palace and would have been pulled out to court, but because they were foreign envoys, people from foreign countries could not care about it, so they let the Mongols rush to the palace in the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Xi looked calm. He was brought to be cannon fodder by Xie Qian. He would translate the scriptures in front of the emperor later, proving that this scripture was just a general missionary text, just an excerpt, not a heavenly book, and there might be a dispute over verbalism. Therefore, he simply closed his eyes and rested, because he didn't sleep well yesterday.
The Mongolian envoy leader Yi Sima scolded him and Wu Licha stopped talking.
Huo Ling stood there, looking at Chen Xi curiously, and was very surprised that there would be a courtier in the Ming Dynasty who looked like a young man, and occasionally frowned. Because as far as he knew, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were over thirty years old, most of whom were fifty or sixty years old, just like Xie Qian and Xu Qiong, which was different from the fact that they were basically governed by young people in their twenties and thirties on the grassland.
At the third hour of Si, Emperor Hongzhi came late.
The court officials and envoys lined up to enter the Ganqing Palace and then saluted Emperor Hongzhi.
The Ming Dynasty ministers naturally knelt down, while the Mongolian envoys just bowed. It was obvious that the Mongolians did not regard the Ming Dynasty as a country of ****, but were only a diplomatic state with equal relations. As for the two monks, they even saved the etiquette and stood there like wooden people.
Chen Xi thought to himself that at this time, he should walk out and shout: Why don’t you kneel down when you see me?
But it seemed that this diplomatic diplomatic relations between the two countries had become a prescribed rule and no one raised his objection. Emperor Hongzhi naturally raised his hand and said, "All the ministers were flat." Chen Xi stood up with the officials of the court.
With Chen Xi's official position, he was not qualified to attend court, and would not participate in court discussions. However, since he became an official, he had many opportunities to meet Emperor Hongzhi, which was considered an honor for court officials.
Yi Sima stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Dear Emperor, somehow, you have to invite us? Didn't you say that you would give us a letter of the country in a few days and allow us to return to the grassland?"
Yi Sima was very smart. He did not mention the rewards from the Ming Dynasty court, but only said that he would take back the letter. According to past practice, the Ming Dynasty court would give a large number of gifts while giving the letter to the country, and this time they also presented the "Book of Heaven".
Zhu Youzhang picked up the booklet on the Dragon Case and said to Yi Sima Yin: "I sent someone to invite the national teacher to come, but there is something unknown. I have asked someone to translate the heavenly book presented by the national teacher some time ago. Do you want to see if it is the content on it?"
Yi Sima looked surprised. He obviously didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty could really find someone to translate the bird's words. When the young eunuch handed the translation to him, he shook his head after reading it: "No, this is not the content in the Book of Heaven. What is dabbled in the Book of Heaven is more profound than this."
Later, he said a few words, but Chen Xi didn't understand it very much. The translator next to him quickly explained to the emperor that this was a way for the people of the grassland to praise God.
Chen Xi had long expected Yi Simayin would not admit it. After taking the translation, he did not read the content clearly, so he said that the scriptures were translated incorrectly, and that he was going to be stubborn to the end.
Zhu Youzhang took the translation back to his hand, looked at Xie Qian, and asked, "Xie Beeqing, who is the translation of this scripture?"
Xie Qian replied: "Your Majesty is translated by Yun Chenxi, the right middle of the Zhan Shi Mansion. Today, the minister has brought him to the hall. Your Majesty can ask him personally."
Chen Xi quickly left the line and knelt down to Zhu Youzhe to salute. When Zhu Youzhe saw Chen Xi, he was still kind as usual and nodded:
"It's Chen Zhuangyuan, just get up."
While approving, with a little suspicion, it was obvious that even Emperor Hongzhi didn't quite believe that a thirteen-year-old boy actually understood the words of foreign countries. This was the reason why even the experts from the Siyiguan could not tell the reason for the "Sky Book".
When Chen Xi stood up, Zhu Youzhang said again, "Aiqing Chen, tell me the content of the scriptures truthfully. Every time you say a sentence, let someone translate it into Tatar, so that the national teacher can distinguish it..."
Chen Xi was about to speak, but Yi Sima Yin stopped him. Yi Sima Yin looked at Chen Xi with a seemingly kind smile on his face and waved his hands: "Your Majesty, no need, this adult translated it must not be the content in the Book of Heaven, so no matter what he said, it must be wrong..."
It is the same whether Emperor Hongzhi believes in Chen Xi. Now he lets Chen Xi translate in public, but Yi Sima Yin insists that it is not, which makes people feel a little domineering. Have you heard it first?
But in Shen Xi's opinion, Yi Sima's trick was quite clever and eliminated all the ways of doubt from the beginning...Aren't you **** to the country? Didn't you be sure that my scripture was a "book of heaven" before? Now I will exchange it for the corresponding reward. As for other things, I don't want to know, don't tell me either.
"this……"
Zhu Youzhang himself was also a little hesitant.
Since ascending the throne, Emperor Hongzhi has become very obsessed with Taoism and Buddhist health techniques, which has led to this seemingly jokey diplomatic incident. If he insists on letting Chen Xi translate, it would be like slapping himself in the face, which means he was fooled by the foreigners.
At the same time, Zhu Youzhang was unwilling to believe that Chen Xi's translation was correct, because it would only make his hope of immortality shatter.
At this time, the cunning Xie Qian smiled and asked, "I dare to ask Master Yi Simayin, since you say this translation is wrong, then you must know the content of the original scripture?"
One sentence made Yi Simayin's face slightly embarrassed. He thought for a while and shook his head slightly: "Sir Xie, I only know a little about the content of the Book of Heaven. There is a sentence in the original state that says... The secret of heaven cannot be revealed. I think the truth is almost the same. You still need your Majesty to find someone to correctly understand the above content. You cannot just write an article to fool it, so that you can live forever."
In addition to being mysterious, this also intends to arouse Zhu Youzhan's interest. All emperors hope to live forever. Zhu Youzhan's obsession with Taoist arts is well known to everyone.
The problem turned into a deadlock.
Because no one knew the content of the so-called "Sky Book", even if Chen Xi was sure that what he said was true, no second person stood up to testify for him, so he held his own opinion. Emperor Hongzhi had previously affirmed the value of "Sky Book", which made the Ming Dynasty passive in this diplomatic incident.
Just when the scene seemed extremely awkward, Chen Xi walked over and saluted Yi Sima Yin without any nonsense. He directly spoke a sentence of Fanbian language. And obeying the meaning of the words, it should be a question, but no one here could understand it, including Yi Sima Yin.
Everyone was wondering what this unknown new top scorer said?
Yi Sima Yin smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, can you say it again in the words of the people of Central Plains?"
Chen Xi asked with a little surprise on his face, "Didn't the national master understand what he is saying?"
Yi Sima thought to himself that he would pretend to be the language of the heavenly book by just a few gurgling words. Do you think I am so easy to deceive?
Yi Sima shook his head gently because of a kind smile on his face. His gentle appearance made people think he was a gentleman at first glance.
Chen Xidao: "The national teacher had said before that he knew a little about the contents of the scriptures. I just talked about the first sentence of the scriptures. Why did the national teacher not know at all?"
Yi Sima's smile suddenly froze and his face turned cold, but he still said affirmatively: "Mr. Shen is wrong. This is not the first sentence of the scripture. I don't want to talk to you about this issue."
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